1. It came that after twenty years, Solomon built the house of the Lord and his royal house,
2. and Solomon even rebuilt the cities that Hiram had given to him, and he settled the sons of Israel in them.
3. Then Solomon went to Hamath Zobah and seized it.
4. He also built Tadmor in the wilderness and all the store cities that he built in Hamath.
5. He also built the Upper and Lower Beth Horon, fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,
6. and Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the cities for his chariots, the cities for his cavalry, and whatever Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
7. And all the people who remained from the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites who were not from Israel,
8. and from their descendants who remained from these peoples in the land and whom the sons of Israel did not finish destroying, Solomon brought them up to be forced labor, even to this day.
9. But from the sons of Israel Solomon did not make servants for his work. These were his soldiers, officers, commanders of his chariots, and horsemen.
10. And these were the two hundred and fifty chief officers for King Solomon who governed the people.